Rosetta Miller Perry, founder, president and CEO of the Tennessee Tribune and widely known as the “Queen Mother of the Black Press of America,” died June 26 at age 91. A pioneering publisher, civil rights leader and entrepreneur, Perry built one of Tennessee’s most influential Black-owned newspapers after launching it with her personal savings in 1991, leaving a lasting legacy in journalism and community advocacy.
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Cash bail is unfair and violates due process
By Sonali Kolhatkar Should poor people await trial behind bars while the rich go free? In the latest election year culture war, some Republicans say “yes.” Many Americans haven’t heard of cash bail. But the idea is central to an election year battle over racism, policing and mass incarceration. When arrested on suspicion of committing […]
